Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Chapter 19
Words to the Young
Shall we see persons pursuing a wrong course
to their own detriment and to the injury of others,
and yet have nothing to say? Do we love souls, and
still let them pass on in evil, flattering themselves
that they are all right, and never tell them that the
work they are doing will never stand the test of the
judgment?
Shall the faithful servant of God keep silent
when there is under his notice those who make it
evident by the way they perform their daily duties,
that unless their evil habits are changed, he will
work at a great disadvantage? There are some
young men and women who have no method of
doing their work. Though they are always busy,
they can present but little results. They have
erroneous ideas of work, and think they are
working hard, when if they had practiced method
in their work, and applied themselves much more
in a shorter time. By dallying over the less
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